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Meanings of staccato in English

Portuguese
staccato

(Music) marked by or composed of disconnected parts or sounds; cut short crisply.

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Usage of staccato in English
1
His staccato, opening words were decidedly downbeat - Hip operation went wrong.
Independent.ie
2
Behind him I could hear the sudden staccato of automatic weapons fire.
Patient Zero
3
Most important. His words were getting quieter, his sentences more abbreviated, staccato.
The irish warrior
4
Kirsteen interrupted in her calm, staccato voice with just the faintest lisp:
The Freelands
5
Through the last staccato sentences there ran an unstated sense of desperation.
Timescape
6
It moved silently, without the usual sharp staccato rattle of the exhaust.
The Boy Inventors' Radio Telephone
7
Gallagher begins to count them off, and is answered in staccato fashion.
The warrior elite: the forging of seal class 228
8
The nervous staccato chatter of Herod is certainly characteristic of this neurasthenic.
Chapters of Opera / Being historical and critical observations a...
9
Whatever you want to call it, Gage explained impatiently, in staccato outbursts.
Go home, stranger
10
The sharp staccato sound of a horse cantering came up behind him.
Gone to Earth
11
From downstairs in the galley they heard a sudden staccato of laughter.
Mutated
12
While she watched, a staccato of answering fire darted from the lines.
Return of the Crimson Guard
13
When he scrambled to his feet, the staccato bursts of fire stopped.
Jacinto's Remnant
14
She knew that sound-thestaccato percussion of a burst tyre-onlytoo well.
The Vision of Desire
15
Against the silence these taps, but gently delivered, sounded sharp and staccato.
The Gray Dawn
16
He was talking to himself now, in a staccato chatter of Farsi.
The increment: a novel
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Translations for staccato
Portuguese
staccato
Staccato through the time
Staccato across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common